Help ITM win the Heritage Challenge 2025: vote now!
Our historic water basin at the entrance of the ITM clinic has been selected as one of eight heritage treasures competing in the Heritage Challenge 2025, organised by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK/IRPA).
With your vote, we could win a prize to restore the bassin.
Voting is open until 1 February 2026.
Your vote matters
Every vote brings us closer to restoring this hidden technical masterpiece, once part of an ingenious air ventilation system designed to improve comfort and health in the building.
Winning the main prize would already cover half of the needed restoration budget. Your vote truly makes a difference!
A technical gem
Designed in the 1920s by architects Marcel Spittael and Paul Le Bon, measuring nearly 12 metres long, with a graceful fountain and water curtain, it was connected to a pipe system that humidified and circulated air throughout the building, an early and innovative form of climate control.
About the Heritage Challenge
The Heritage Challenge is an initiative by KIK/IRPA, supported by the National Lottery.
There are two prizes to win:
🥇 Main (jury) prize – €25,000 and one year of fundraising support
🥈 Public prize – €10,000 for the project receiving the most votes
Vote now, spread the word among your colleagues, friends and family, and help us give new life to our historic water basin!
🏊♀️ Ever seen water ballet without … water?
The synchronised swimming group 'De Synchronettes' gave it a try in our water basin, which is partaking in the Heritage Challenge. The contestant with the most votes gets the chance to restore their piece of heritage!
Want to see these elegant moves in an actual outdoor water ballet show? Watch here
Vote now to fill our basin with water again! 💦 https://bit.ly/4jKiFgX